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RCHO<br />

59a-j<br />

i<br />

R<br />

OH<br />

60a-j<br />

(i) Allyl bromide, In, solvent.<br />

Scheme II.3.2<br />

Initially, the In-mediated allylation of benzaldehyde (59a) was carried out in H 2 O,<br />

THF and three different RTILs, including [bmim][Br], and the results (Scheme II.3.2,<br />

Table II.3.1) established the efficacy of [bmim][Br] as the best solvent.<br />

Table II.3.1. Reaction profile of the In-mediated allylation of different aldehydes in<br />

various solvents a<br />

entry substrate R allyl<br />

bromide<br />

(equiv.)<br />

metal<br />

(equiv.)<br />

solvent<br />

time<br />

(h)<br />

product<br />

1 59a C 6 H 5 3 5 H 2 O 18 60a 59<br />

2 59a C 6 H 5 3 5 THF 18 60a 65<br />

3 59a C 6 H 5 1.5 1.2 [bmim][Br] 4 60a 89<br />

4 59a C 6 H 5 1.5 1.2 [bmim][BF 4 ] 20 60a 64<br />

5 59a C 6 H 5 1.5 1.2 [bmim][PF 6 ] 20 60a 62<br />

6 59b 4-BrC 6 H 4 1.5 1.2 [bmim][Br] 4 60b 88<br />

7 59h (CH 3 ) 2 CH 1.5 1.2 [bmim][Br] 5 60h 68<br />

8 59i CH 3 (CH 2 ) 5 1.5 1.2 [bmim][Br] 5 60i 81<br />

a The reactions were carried out at 2 mmol scale. b Isolated yields of the products.<br />

yield<br />

(%) b<br />

40

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